Saints back in groove

ST MOCHTAS NAOMH FIONNBARRA 1-14 1-7

ST Mochtas returned to winning ways as they claimed a seven-point victory over Nh Fionnbarra at Louth Village on Sunday afternoon.

The home side will consider themselves unfortunate not to have picked up points following good displays in recent games, but on this occasion they made no mistake. For the Finbarrs it was another disappointment as they suffered a second successive defeat to see their good start to the league come to an end.

The home side did most of the damage in the first half and a Jamie Farrell goal helped them take a commanding 1-9 to 0-3 lead at the interval.

The second half saw the Finbarrs make a gallant effort to get back into the game as they found the net through Padraig Butterly. However, with Eamonn O’Neill and Gerry Garland kicking vital points, the Mochtas held out for victory. ST MOCHTAS: Fergus English; Cormac Callan, Philip Englishby, David Lennon; Conor Garland, Andrew English, Barry Mulholland; Emlyn Clerkin, Eamonn O’Neill 0-6; Jamie Farrell 1-1, Gerry Garland 0-3, Brendan Duff; Stephen McCooey 0-2, Danny Kindlon, Darren McMahon 0-2. Subs: Liam Kindlon for B Duff, Cormac Smith for S McCooey, Liam McGranaghan for G Garland.

NAOMH FIONNBARRA: Andy McCann; Hugh McGrane, James Butterly, Niall Woods; Josh Crosbie, Oisin McGee, Bryan Sharkey; Hugh Osborne, Mairtin Murphy; Padraig Butterly 1-0, Conor Osborne, Nicholas Butterly; Bernard Osborne, Darren McConnon, William Woods 0-6. Subs: Jack Butterly for N Butterly, Michael McArdle for P Butterly, Padraic Murphy for M Murphy, Martin O’Neill for B Sharkey.